Now, shortfalls of basic materials such as sterile water and IV bags are hitting another group especially hard: the 25,000 U. S. patients who rely on intravenous nutrition to survive. Got tips?

The death toll from contaminated IV feeding bags has risen to 17 across three states in Mexico. David Kershenobich, Mexico's public health secretary, announced on Tuesday that the deaths comprised 16 ...

SPONSORED – Anita Farrelly, clinical educator, and Tony James, assistant clinical director at IV Nutrition, share how their IV drips help combat stress, viruses, and colds during the winter seasons.

Investigators say the bacterial contamination apparently happened at a plant in the city of Toluca that manufactured the IV nutrition mixture, and that the company had been temporarily shut down ...

But he said IV drip therapy was "an effective, medically supported treatment to help the body reach optimal nutrition" for people who were not absorbing sufficient nutrients through the gut.